The new Kristalnacht?

Post #9,105 by inthane-chan 9/14/01 12:46:29 PM Reply	The new Kristalnacht? Will we become that which we despised? Will we herd all of arabic descent into camps, then gas chambers? Or will you just have them all forcibly sterilized, and let nature take it's course? "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #9,125 by rsf 9/14/01 1:43:14 PM Reply	Re: The new Kristalnacht? I doubt it. The US as a whole doesn't really have a latent hatred towards any racial or religious group to the same extent we've seen in other countries in recent history (e.g. Japan vs. China, Europe vs. Jews, Serbs vs. Albanians, Israelis vs. Arabs, etc.). Sure, we virtually wiped out American Indians, enslaved Africans, and locked up Japanese-Americans, but our collective attitude has changed ever since the Civil Rights Movement. We probably will trample on Civil Rights of our citizens and deport aliens without cause but I am confident that cooler head will prevail and prevent us from becoming a monster. Ray
Post #9,146 by Andrew Grygus 9/14/01 2:52:54 PM Reply	I'm only as serious as they are. If they really can rally the Islamic world to try to kill us, every man woman and child, then I think we would rise to the occasion quite well enough. It wouldn't be genocide though, we'd set aside a reservation for the remaining few. Because we use our power with restraint, much of the world interprets us as weak, because such restraint in the use of power is a totally alien concept to them, and that causes them to make mistakes. Of course we'll be blamed for their mistakes - if we hadn't exercised restraint they wouldn't have misjudged us, so it's all our fault, as usual. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #9,206 by Ashton 9/14/01 8:17:29 PM Reply	Deep down.. I hope you are right re restraint. But having the village Idiot as US Selected Resident, and one tryin to fill Daddy's big shoes (And Prescott Bush's boots) - all given carte blanche, along with the likes of John Ashcroft et al: There's much need of hopefulness as the Dogs of War are given fresh meat, and the call-ups for Reserves go out... Let the slogans begin. (Remember - as I hope Dick's Boys might be reminded in time - the Muslims despise each others' sects about as much as the Baptists, Catholics and Unitarians each have Their Personalized Gods, only One of which is the Right One.) :[ A. Kill a Commie for the er AntiChrist?

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